Porsche is finalising plans to introduce a four-cylinder boxer engine, according to new reports out of Germany.

German magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports that the next-generation Boxster and Cayman, while still some years away, will launch with a new turbocharged ‘flat four’ petrol engine.

“We will continue with the downsizing strategy and develop a new four-cylinder boxer engine, which will see service in the next-generation Boxster and Cayman,” Porsche CEO Matthias Muller told the magazine

“We will not separate ourselves from efforts to reduce CO2,” he added.